That  was a good day.  Train to Romsey, for once no strikes on behalf of keeping guards on trains - that's next weekend.  Coffee in our favourite independent in Romsey, Teacups.  Then a quick scout round Romsey and the Saturday market.  Cheeeeese!

( Mottisfont )

Have you seen the latest John Lewis & Partners/Waitrose Ad, Dear Reader?

Even if you have, I reckon it's worth a re-view

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  Good, eh?  I'd send it to Damian Hinds, the Minister for Education in the current government, as a prime example of why it is IMPORTANT to teach music in schools, particularly primary schools (ages 4-11.)  Only I fear he ( Read more... )

Just for completeness - last Monday we loaded onto the coach after breakfast and headed back to Salisbury the pretty route.  The trip was uneventful.  I knitted the sock, casting off as we came into That Car Park ( Read more... )

Friday I visited the Aspex Gallery again.  This time the main exhibition was Countless, a series of rubbings made by artist Maya Ramsay from various graves of people who'd washed up on Sicily.  29 different rubbings for 29 different people who'd drowned over the past 29 years ( Read more... )

Yesterday H had taken the day off specially.  We were both going up to London to see the 'Robots: The 500-year quest to make machines human' exhibition at the Science Museum.  Well, that was the main reason.  That and seeing BiL again ( Read more... )

This was our first coach trip of the year.  There were plenty available in January and February, but knowing what the weather can be like during those months - either freezing or flooded, sometimes both - I decided to wait until March.  Two days, Oxford and Bath, 5th and 6th March ( Read more... )

Good morning, Dear Reader.  Miss me?

( Thursday - fine and sunny )

Yesterday BiL and I did one of our 'Let's Take in a Couple of Exhibitions' visits to central London.  Yes, Dear Reader, I realise it was Valentine's Day.  I duly left a card and some special chocolate where H could find them when he got back from work yesterday afternoon.   There was a card on the dresser for me when I got home last night ( Read more... )

Today it is bright and shiny, again.  The washing machine landed in a reasonable time and the washing is now out, freezing, if not actually drying!  It feels kinda like "you'll be wanting a coat, and maybe a hat (101) as well as the usual mitts while you do that," it's that chilly ( Read more... )

Having checked with the vegetable rack, the fridge and the menu planner*, I decided that I didn't need to go raid the market this week.  However, as I'd spent quite some time restless and not-going-to-sleep the previous night I also decided that I needed to get out somewhere ( Read more... )